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United States Patent | 5,352,578 |
Agrawal ,   et al. | October 4, 1994 |
A method of purifying full length synthetic target oligonucleotides from a mixture of oligonucleotides, particularly from a mixture containing truncated or failed sequences is disclosed. The method involves attaching a short nucleotide sequence complementary to the 5' end of a target oligonucleotide to a solid support. The complementarity between the most 5' nucleotides of the target oligonucleotide and the bound oligonucleotide results in hybridization which serves to retain the target oligonucleotide. Truncated or failed sequences lacking 5' sequences complementary to the attached oligonucleotide, fail to hybridize and therefore are not retained. The method makes it possible to purify gram quantities of synthetic deoxyribonucleic acids or ribonucleic acids and sequences which have modifications, such as on the phosphate backbone. The support-bound nucleotide sequences are stable under conditions of purification and therefore can be reused.
Inventors: | Agrawal; Sudhir (Shrewsbury, MA); Zamecnik; Paul C. (Shrewsbury, MA) |
Assignee: | Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology (Shrewsbury, MA) |
Appl. No.: | 311111 |
Filed: | February 15, 1989 |
Current U.S. Class: | 435/6; 536/25.3 |
Intern'l Class: | C12Q 001/68; C07H 021/00; C12N 015/00 |
Field of Search: | 435/6 536/27,25.3 935/77,78 |
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